Burda Style For people who sew

So, you have a pair of jeans. For me, the most frequent place where trouble occurs on jeans is between my thighs slightly below the place where the two legs get connected (see the upper oval on the picture above) – the inside leg seams there get threadbare (I am not a skinny type :-)) and I cannot very well turn such jeans into shorts without making them waaaay too short. Plus (a rare thing for me, since I am rather tall), this particular pair was quite long on me and so the bottom hems of the jeans' legs got quite bad as well (the two lower ovals on the picture above).

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  Nov 26, 2009, 01.37 PMby almatinka

  Ladies, I am glad you both like the idea! Thank you – I was really hoping it would help someone! And I apologize for not replying to your comments at once – the site doesn’t inform me of them, unless they are posted on the first page of the how-to, so I just noticed them. But again, thank you!
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  Nov 19, 2009, 09.32 AMby Angela Grannum

  I too hate the idea of the skirts with the triangle to the front and back and will definitely try this out. Thanks a bunch
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  Oct 6, 2009, 01.35 AMby googlie

  I love this idea!! Not only do sometimes I have the same trouble with the leg seams and have a pile of old jeans waiting to be revived, but I also hate the look of the jean skirt with the triangular thingies in the front.

  I’m surely gonna do this, maybe working it so I can make it in a trumpet shape. Thanks for the great idea!